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We have an exciting agenda for this trip, including time with PICO Central America staff and leaders in both El Salvador and Guatemala, as well as some R&R/sightseeing time! You will have a chance to hear from leaders about their…

Fatima Martinez is 18 years old and one of COFOA’s younger leaders, active in St. Peter’s Catholic church COFOA ministry in San Pedro Nonualco. She is one of COFOA’s key leaders in the United Neighbors, Safe Community campaign in her…

Polina Usabyeneza is an experienced PICO Rwanda leader from Mumeya. Polina visited Nyange and offered testimony about her experience with community organizing in Mumeya: “I was born in 1978 in Mumeya, and I grew up without a clinic, a school…

Octavio Polio has served as a parishioner and leader in the San Luis Rey de Fracia parish social ministry, San Luis Talpa, for years. Now he is working with COFOA, and he played a key role at their candidate’s forum…

In February, Mumeya leaders received an invitation from Senate President Dr. Ntawukuliryayo Jean Damascene to attend a meeting with them and discuss the government’s commitments to complete the health center. Ten Mumeya leaders, along with Nyange new leaders, held an…

Cuyultitan residents gather for the candidate’s forum “Usually we just vote for a party, but this time we actually got to know more about the candidates and their plans, and I may vote different!” from an attendee of a COFOA…

Telma Teresa Barahona coordinates the COFOA ministry in her church, San Juan Evangelista, San Juan Telezontes. Telma says that her organizing has given her a new way to put her faith in action and work for the common good of…

Uwimana Annociata is a PICO Rwanda leader from Nyange village, western Rwanda. After several months of training, she is excited to see how one-to-one conversations and the priorities that surface can result in an environment in which Nyange residents themselves…

Published Feb. 9, 2012 in The Daily Progress By Bob Gibson It has been nearly 18 years since Rwanda’s latest genocide resulted in more than half a million people being killed, in an East African nation the size of Maryland. Much…

Please join us in this unprecedented opportunity to learn about PICO’s work in El Salvador and Guatemala in July 2012! You will meet PICO Central American leaders and hear about their progress getting access to health care, increased safety and…